The Acrocephalidae (the reed warblers, marsh- and tree-warblers, or acrocephalid warblers) are a

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

oscine passerine A songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of the perching birds (Passeriformes). Another name that is sometimes seen as the scientific or vernacular name is Oscines, from Latin ''oscen'', "songbird". The Passeriformes contains 5000 ...

birds, in the superfamily

Sylvioidea Sylvioidea is a superfamily of passerine birds, one of at least three major clades within the Passerida along with the Muscicapoidea and Passeroidea. It contains about 1300 species including the Old World warblers, Old World babblers, swallows ...

. The species in this family are usually rather large "

warbler Various Passeriformes (perching birds) are commonly referred to as warblers. They are not necessarily closely related to one another, but share some characteristics, such as being fairly small, vocal, and insectivorous. Sylvioid warblers Th ...

s". Most are rather plain olivaceous brown above with much yellow to beige below. They are usually found in open woodland, reedbeds, or tall grass. The family occurs mostly in southern to western

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and surroundings, but also ranges far into the Pacific, with some species in Africa.

Genus '' Acrocephalus''

Marsh-warblers. About 42 species; para- or polyphyletic. *

Moustached warbler The moustached warbler (''Acrocephalus melanopogon'') is an Old World warbler Old World warblers are a large group of birds formerly grouped together in the bird family Sylviidae. The family held over 400 species in over 70 genera, and were the ...

, ''Acrocephalus melanopogon'' *

Aquatic warbler The aquatic warbler (''Acrocephalus paludicola'') is an Old World warbler in the genus '' Acrocephalus''. It breeds in temperate eastern Europe and western Asia, with an estimated population of 11,000-15,000 pairs. It is migratory, wintering in ...

, ''Acrocephalus paludicola'' *

Sedge warbler The sedge warbler (''Acrocephalus schoenobaenus'') is an Old World warbler in the genus '' Acrocephalus''. It is a medium-sized warbler with a brown, streaked back and wings and a distinct pale supercilium. Sedge warblers are migratory, crossing ...

, ''Acrocephalus schoenobaenus'' *

Speckled reed warbler The speckled reed warbler or streaked reed warbler (''Acrocephalus sorghophilus'') is an Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1863. It is found in China and the Philippines. Its ...

, ''Acrocephalus sorghophilus'' *

Black-browed reed warbler The black-browed reed warbler (''Acrocephalus bistrigiceps'') is a marsh-warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1860. It breed ...

, ''Acrocephalus bistrigiceps'' *

Paddyfield warbler The paddyfield warbler (''Acrocephalus agricola'') is a species of marsh warbler (family Acrocephalidae). It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. The Manchurian reed warbler (''A. tangorum'') was (and sometimes still is ...

, ''Acrocephalus agricola'' *

Manchurian reed warbler The Manchurian reed warbler (''Acrocephalus tangorum''), also known as the Manchurian reed-warbler, is a species of marsh-warbler (family Acrocephalidae). It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, and was usually (and someti ...

, ''Acrocephalus tangorum'' *

Blunt-winged warbler The blunt-winged warbler (''Acrocephalus concinens'') is a marsh-warbler (family Acrocephalidae). The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1870. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. It is found in Afghanis ...

, ''Acrocephalus concinens'' * Common reed warbler, ''Acrocephalus scirpaceus'' ** Caspian reed warbler, ''Acrocephalus (scirpaceus) fuscus'' ** Mangrove reed warbler, ''Acrocephalus (scirpaceus) avicenniae'' *

Blyth's reed warbler __NOTOC__ Blyth's reed warbler (''Acrocephalus dumetorum'') is an Old World warbler in the genus '' Acrocephalus''. It breeds in the Palearctic and easternmost Europe. It is migratory, wintering in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. It is one of th ...

, ''Acrocephalus dumetorum'' *

Marsh warbler The marsh warbler (''Acrocephalus palustris'') is an Old World warbler currently classified in the family Acrocephalidae. It breeds in temperate Europe and the western Palearctic and winters mainly in southeast Africa. It is notable for incorpora ...

, ''Acrocephalus palustris'' *

Great reed warbler The great reed warbler (''Acrocephalus arundinaceus'') is a Eurasian passerine in the genus '' Acrocephalus''. The genus name ''Acrocephalus'' is from Ancient Greek ''akros'', "highest", and ''kephale'', "head". It is possible that Naumann and ...

, ''Acrocephalus arundinaceus'' * Oriental reed warbler, ''Acrocephalus orientalis'' *

Clamorous reed warbler The clamorous reed warbler (''Acrocephalus stentoreus'') is an Old World warbler in the genus '' Acrocephalus''. It breeds from Egypt eastwards through Pakistan, Afghanistan and northernmost India to south China and southeast Asia. ''A. s. meridi ...

, ''Acrocephalus stentoreus'' *

Large-billed reed warbler The large-billed reed warbler (''Acrocephalus orinus'') is an Old World warbler in the genus '' Acrocephalus''. The species has been dubbed as "the world's least known bird". It was known from a single specimen collected in India in 1867 and redi ...

, ''Acrocephalus orinus'' *

Basra reed warbler The Basra reed warbler (''Acrocephalus griseldis'') is a "warbler" of the genus '' Acrocephalus''. It is an endemic breeder in Southwestern Iran, East and southern Iraq, Kuwait, and Israel in extensive beds of papyrus and reeds. It is easily mis ...

, ''Acrocephalus griseldis'' * Australian reed warbler, ''Acrocephalus australis'' * ✝

Nightingale reed warbler The nightingale reed warbler (''Acrocephalus luscinius''), or Guam reed-warbler, was a songbird endemic to Guam. It has not been seen since 1969. Taxonomy and systematics The nightingale reed warbler was described by the French zoologists ...

, ''Acrocephalus luscinius'' *

Saipan reed warbler The Saipan reed warbler (''Acrocephalus hiwae'') is a critically endangered songbird of the Northern Mariana Islands. It is considered a subspecies of the nightingale reed warbler by some taxonomists. It occurs on two islands: Saipan and Alama ...

, ''Acrocephalus hiwae'' * ✝ Aguiguan reed warbler, ''Acrocephalus nijoi'' –

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

(c.1997) * ✝ Mangareva reed warbler, ''Acrocephalus astrolabii'' –

(mid-19th century?) * ✝ Pagan reed warbler, ''Acrocephalus yamashinae''

(1970s) *

Caroline reed warbler The Caroline reed warbler or Caroline Islands reed warbler (''Acrocephalus syrinx'') is a species of Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It is found only on the Caroline Islands in Micronesia. References

Acrocephalus (bi ...

, ''Acrocephalus syrinx'' *

Nauru reed warbler The Nauru reed warbler ( na, itsirir) (''Acrocephalus rehsei'') is a passerine bird endemism, endemic to the island of Nauru in the Pacific Ocean. It is one of only two native breeding land-birds on Nauru and it is the only passerine found on th ...

, ''Acrocephalus rehsei'' * Millerbird, ''Acrocephalus familiaris'' ** ✝

Laysan millerbird The Laysan millerbird (''Acrocephalus familiaris familiaris'') was a subspecies of the millerbird, similar in appearance to the remaining subspecies, the Nihoa millerbird. Its dorsal side was brown, and its belly was grayish. Its name derives fr ...

, ''Acrocephalus familiaris familiaris'' –

(late 1910s) *

Bokikokiko The bokikokiko, Kiritimati reed warbler or Christmas Island warbler (''Acrocephalus aequinoctialis'') is a species of warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It is found only on Kiritimati and Washington Island (Kiribati). The population size of ...

, ''Acrocephalus aequinoctialis'' *

Tahiti reed warbler The Tahiti reed warbler (''Acrocephalus caffer'') is a songbird in the genus '' Acrocephalus''. It used to be placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage (Sylviidae), but is now in the newly recognized marsh warbler family Acrocephalidae. It is ...

, ''Acrocephalus caffer'' * Moorea reed warbler, ''Acrocephalus longirostris'' * ✝

Garrett's reed warbler Garrett's reed warbler (''Acrocephalus musae''), sometimes called Society Islands reed warbler or Forster's reed-warbler was a songbird in the genus ''Acrocephalus (bird), Acrocephalus''. Formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage (Syl ...

, ''Acrocephalus garretti'' –

(19th century?) ** ✝Raiatea reed warbler, ''Acrocephalus caffer musae'' –

(19th century?) * Tuamotu reed warbler, ''Acrocephalus atyphus'' * Rimatara reed warbler, ''Acrocephalus rimatarae'' * Pitcairn reed warbler, ''Acrocephalus vaughani'' *

Henderson reed warbler The Henderson reed warbler (''Acrocephalus taiti''), also known as the Henderson reed-warbler or the Henderson Island reed warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It is found only on Henderson Island, part of th ...

, ''Acrocephalus taiti'' *

Northern Marquesan reed warbler The northern Marquesan reed warbler (''Acrocephalus percernis'') is a species of Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It was formerly considered conspecific with the southern Marquesan reed warbler, and together known as the Marques ...

, ''Acrocephalus percernis'' *

Southern Marquesan reed warbler The southern Marquesan reed warbler (''Acrocephalus mendanae'') is a species of Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It was formerly considered conspecific with the northern Marquesan reed warbler, and together known as the Marquesan ...

, ''Acrocephalus mendanae'' * Cook reed warbler, ''Acrocephalus kerearako'' *

Greater swamp warbler The greater swamp warbler (''Acrocephalus rufescens'') is a species of Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republ ...

, ''Acrocephalus rufescens'' *

Cape Verde warbler The Cape Verde warbler (''Acrocephalus brevipennis'') is an Old World warbler in the genus '' Acrocephalus''. It is also known as the Cape Verde cane warbler or Cape Verde swamp warbler, and in Creole as ''tchota-de-cana'' or ''chincherote'' (als ...

, ''Acrocephalus brevipennis'' *

Lesser swamp warbler The lesser swamp warbler or Cape reed warbler (''Acrocephalus gracilirostris'') is an Old World warbler in the genus '' Acrocephalus''. It is a resident breeder in Africa from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Chad and Ethiopia south to S ...

, ''Acrocephalus gracilirostris'' *

Madagascar swamp warbler The Madagascar swamp warbler (''Acrocephalus newtoni'') is a species of Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It is found only in Madagascar. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, p ...

, ''Acrocephalus newtoni'' * Rodrigues warbler, ''Acrocephalus rodericanus'' *

Seychelles warbler The Seychelles warbler (''Acrocephalus sechellensis''), also known as Seychelles brush warbler, is a small songbird found on five granitic and corraline islands in the Seychelles. It is a greenish-brown bird with long legs and a long slender bill ...

, ''Acrocephalus sechellensis''

Genus ''Arundinax''

* Thick-billed warbler, ''Arundinax aedon''

Genus '' Iduna''

* Booted warbler, ''Iduna caligata'' *

Sykes's warbler Sykes's warbler (''Iduna rama'') is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler family. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the booted warbler, but is now considered a full species. Its breeding range is from northeast Arabia to Turkestan, ...

, ''Iduna rama'' *

Eastern olivaceous warbler The eastern olivaceous warbler (''Iduna pallida'') is a small passerine bird with drab plumage tones, that is native to the Old World. For the most part it breeds in southeastern Europe, the Middle East and adjacent western Asia, and winters in t ...

, ''Iduna pallida'' *

Western olivaceous warbler The western olivaceous warbler (''Iduna opaca''), also known as isabelline warbler, is a "warbler", formerly placed in the Old World warblers when these were a paraphyletic wastebin taxon. It is now considered a member of the acrocephaline warbl ...

, ''Iduna opaca'' * African yellow warbler, ''Iduna natalensis'' * Mountain yellow warbler, ''Iduna similis''

Genus ''
Hippolais ''Hippolais'' is a genus of tree warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It is sometimes associated with the genus '' Iduna''. The genus name ''Hippolais'' is from Ancient Greek ''hupolais'', as misspelt by Linnaeus. It referred to a small bird men ...
''

Upcher's warbler Upcher's warbler (''Hippolais languida'') is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus ''Hippolais''. It breeds in an area from Turkey south and east to Pakistan. It is migratory, wintering in eastern Africa, from Eritrea and Somalia south ...

, ''Hippolais languida'' *

Olive-tree warbler The olive-tree warbler (''Hippolais olivetorum'') is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus '' Hippolais''. It breeds in southeast Europe and the Near East. It is migratory, wintering in eastern and southern Africa, from Kenya south to ...

, ''Hippolais olivetorum'' *

Melodious warbler The melodious warbler (''Hippolais polyglotta'') is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus ''Hippolais''. It breeds in southwest Europe and northwest Africa. It is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa. This small passerine bird is ...

, ''Hippolais polyglotta'' *

Icterine warbler The icterine warbler (''Hippolais icterina'') is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus ''Hippolais''. It breeds in mainland Europe except the southwest, where it is replaced by its western counterpart, the melodious warbler. It is migr ...

, ''Hippolais icterina''

Genus ''Calamonastides''

* Papyrus yellow warbler, ''Calamonastides gracilirostris''

Genus ''Graueria''

* Grauer's warbler, ''Graueria vittata''

Genus ''
Nesillas ''Nesillas'' is a genus of Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. Established by Harry Church Oberholser in 1899, it contains the following species: * Grand Comoro brush warbler (''Nesillas brevicaudata'') * Subdesert brush warbler (' ...
''

Brush warblers. 5 living species, 1 recently extinct. * Aldabra brush warbler, ''Nesillas aldabrana'' (

: c.1984) * Anjouan brush warbler, ''Nesillas longicaudata'' * Malagasy brush warbler, ''Nesillas typica'' * Grand Comoro brush warbler, ''Nesillas brevicaudata'' * Moheli brush warbler, ''Nesillas mariae'' * Subdesert brush warbler, ''Nesillas lantzii''

References

* del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). ''

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